* Armand Assante probes the troubled figures he portrays in film: Don Q, When Nietzsche Wept, and Gotti 2 * A Cuban leader's speech--and the deterioration of US political language * UK Desk: Busted! And...'Now let's talk about Zardoz' * and Garland Nixon!Av With Host Prairie Miller

There has been a lot of movement in recent years with younger generations getting into classic spoof films. The Zucker, Abrams, Zucker and family classics from Airplane, to The Naked Gun, to Hot Shots! are making waves with new audiences. But one great spoof that was pretty much lambasted by critics on its release still remains under the radar for …

It was a sheer pleasure to speak with the man behind today's most effective and honest films of modern times, the stop motion expert, Adam Elliot. Adam's new film, Memoir of a Snail is in theater now, and much like his other full length feature, Mary and Max, it should not be missed.

* Louis Lombardi Talks 'Director's Cut' Horror, Jesus on TV, The Sopranos, and 24--and being directed by Oliver Stone * UK Desk: Fear of Music, A Conversation With David Stubbs * Clown Show with Garland NixonAv With Host Prairie Miller

* Andie MacDowell on starring as a mother of a daughter strung out on meth in Good Girl Jane, & new film Goodrich * UK desk: the killing of Yahya Sinwar, the leader of Hamas * Japanese ghost story, "Jikininki" by Lafcadio Hearn * And Garland Nixon!Av With Host Prairie Miller

Heads up! This episode starts and ends with our discussion with Timmy Williams, so don't worry, you didn't miss anything when you didn't hear our normal intro and outro. Having Timmy on as a guest has been germinating for months, as we originally planned to have him join us back in June. But, we finally got things in order and had a wonderful conve…

* Director Uwe Boll Talks First Shift, Assault On Wall Street, and Endless Wars * The Backyard Bird Chronicles with Joy Luck Club author Amy Tan * UK Desk: cinema historian and critic Ian Nathan on Steven Spielberg * And Garland Nixon!Av With Host Prairie Miller

Alex Wolff (Nat too) have done amazing work breaking the young Nickelodeon star visage by headlining a slew of great pieces of true art. Alex's new film, The Line, continues that streak. We spoke him about the frat drama as well as his 2021 performance in the much loved, but still underseen, Pig.

We implore everyone to go see Rumours this weekend as it releases on Oct. 11th. It is Matthew's top film of the year at the moment. We were more than lucky to have the writing and directing team of Guy Maddin, Evan Johnson, and Galen Johnson join us to talk about this brilliant satirical satire as well as their 2017 experimental venture into loosel…

* Steve Guttenberg talks Paper Empire, The Boys From Brazil, and his new memoir * CIA: Drugs R Us!, Some of the most evil CIA programs * Bro on Rediscovering Radical Palestinian Cinema, Hope for the Future * UK Desk: A Prophet In The Darkness: Art critic, author and pastor Wesley Vander LugtAv With Host Prairie Miller

We're late this week, we know! We apologize, things are a little crazy right now, but we didn't want to let you all down. This week we have New York Times best selling author Daniel Kraus with us to talk about his new book, Pay the Piper. This is Daniel's second co-authored project with the one and only George Romero as Daniel has finished two manu…

*Dinesh D'Souza on The AE Hot Seat explaining his unusual promo bio for his film, Vindicating Trump *Bob & Ray-ish October Surprise Homage *UK Desk: With Mary Caldwell, the wife of soul music legend Bobby Caldwell and Garland Nixon!Av With Host Prairie Miller

* Kevin Corrigan and Sadie Bones talk If That Mockingbird Don't Sing & Steal This Movie * UK Desk: Anti-Oculus - A Philosophy of Escape, Jack Clarke's analysis of The Acid Horizon Collective * Mitchel Cohen: Political Prisoner, Requiem For The Other 9/11Av With Host Prairie Miller

The name Willie Pep might not spark a memory for many of you, but if you are a boxing fan and you don't know Willie, the you need to check out The Featherweight. The new film starring James Madio as Pep is starting its run in cinemas and you shouldn't miss it. While we had Madio with us to talk about the film, we also had to talk about his role in …

* Wiseguy, and The Bibi Files: Director Alex Gibney films gangsters in two current docs: one on The Sopranos, and the other, Netanyahu * Pete Seeger on The Peekskill Riots against Paul Robeson * UK Desk: Hungry Ghosts In The Machine with Mike WatsonAv With Host Prairie Miller

* Fred Trump Talks All In The Family - The Trumps And How We Got That Way * Artist Carlito Rovira on taking artistic inspiration from revolutionary struggle * UK Desk: A People Under Siege: The Unionists Of Northern Ireland From Partition To Brexit And BeyondAv With Host Prairie Miller

* Radha Mitchell Talks Take My Hand, Finding Neverland, And Kerouac's Lover In Big Sur * Self-described Young Lord for life Carlito Rovira discusses painting revolutionaries * UK desk: Jack Clarke and Matthew Alford on military video gamesAv With Host Prairie Miller

* Natalie Dormer talks The Wasp, Game Of Thrones, And Females On The Edge * Happy Campers: Filmmaker Amy Nicholson on her portrait of community, scrappy trailers, and circling developers * UK Desk: Steve Tibble Talks Templars: The Knights Who Made Britain * Nicole Shanahan on RFK Jr's withdrawalAv With Host Prairie Miller

* Cancer, Cinemascope And The Bomb. Director William Nunez Talks The Conqueror: Hollywood Fallout * UK Desk: A Conversation With Huda Ammori, leader of the Palestine Action Guerrilla Network shaking things up by taking direct action * And Garland Nixon!Av With Host Prairie Miller

It Ends With Us is taking the box office by storm. We were lucky enough to have the film's producer, Alex Saks join us to talk about the process of getting such a film off the ground. We also took time to talk about one of her first gigs as a producer on the criminally underseen, Thoroughbreds.

* Sex, Lies And Minnesota: Jack Huston on portraying RFK in The Irishman, and his latest production uncovering the underground '70s married suburban couples sexuality movement * To The Rescue: Three by Caitlin Johnstone * Jack Clarke: Making sense of the massive UK race riots * And Garland Nixon on Kamala…

* Gabriel Byrne talks about his portrayal of Samuel Beckett in Dance First, and the John Wick sequel, Ballerina * The Dry Harvest: Jack Clarke in discussion with Zimbabwe filmmaker and digital activist Malon Murape * Garland Nixon on America Right NowAv With Host Prairie Miller

It's once again an tremendous honor to be joined by someone as special as the one and only, Jean Reno. Jean's new film, My Penguin Friend, is out this Friday, August 9th. While it was a pleasure to discuss this adaptation of the hit true story that took social media by storm, this also gave us the chance to talk to Jean about a classic Overdue Rent…

We're finally wrapping up our interviews for the long awaited Longlegs with writer/director, Osgood Perkins. Oz is here to not only talk about his smash hit, Longlegs, but also his first production (which was his second released film), The Blackcoat's Daughter. Strap in for darkness and grief with some light moments in between!…

* Iain Glen Talks Game Of Thrones, and his latest, The Last Front, depicting the WW I invasion of Belgium * John Washington: more on The Case for Open Borders * Jack Clarke, UK desk, deconstructs police brutality and mass resistance * Broe on the French elections and Garland Nixon!Av With Host Prairie Miller

* Haley Bennett Talks Till, Widow Cliquot, And Virginia Woolf * The Case For Open Borders: interview with journalist John Washington. * Jack Clarke talks with Theater Of War filmmaker Matthew Alford * "Politics, Mythologies And The Matrix": Garland NixonAv With Host Prairie Miller

Legendary film maker Lee Tamahori's new film The Convert is already out and in theaters and OnDemand for all to enjoy. We couldn't pass up the chance to talk to Lee about the film and his groundbreaking feature, Once Were Warriors. This might be a more overall serious episode of Overdue Rentals, but it is a highly important and thoughtful one.…

Longlegs week continues! This time we have the absolute lovely Alicia Witt with us to discuss her time and process on the smash indie hit, Longlegs. But, we're also discussing her role as Cherish in John Waters oft missed, Cecil B. Demented.

* Tommy Davidson, comedian, actor, and musician on his tour with Katt Williams, & how it all began on In Living Color * Jack Clarke with Richard Kuper, of Jews For Justice For Palestinians & founder of Pluto Press * Shahid Bolson on the American ConditionAv With Host Prairie Miller

I'm still amazed that we have come to the point that maybe one of the greatest films of all time, is an Overdue Rental. This Friday, July 12th sees the release of Guy Pearce's new film, The Convert in theaters and On Demand. And while Guy was with us to talk about his new film with famed director Lee Tamahori, we had the opportunity to discuss both…

* Dandelion: KiKi Layne on her current film as a creatively and financially challenged aspiring musician * Miracle On 47th Street: Lloyd Richards Way and Glynn Turman * Living In A World With No Future: Jack Clarke with Bram E Gieben * UK Politics SatireAv With Host Prairie Miller

You all better have your viewing schedule packed to the brim this week as there are two films you have to make sure you see. The highly anticipated Longlegs is hitting theaters on July 12th. In the first of three interviews we have coming for you from the film, we have the one and only Blair Underwood joining us. Blair talks to us all about joining…

The day has come! The 40th anniversary of The NeverEnding Story is upon us, but more importantly; Tami Stronach who played The Childlike Empress in the film is back on screen for the first time in 40 years in her new film, Man & Witch: The Dance of a Thousand Steps. Man & Witch will have a limited run in theaters nationwide between July 28th to Jul…

* From Colonialism To Cannes: Guy Pearce on erasing history in his latest film, The Convert * Bro on Dark Stories For Dark Times * Jack Clarke talks with radical Workers Party candidate, Dr. Matthew Alford * Garland Nixon & guest on The DebateAv With Host Prairie Miller

* Joy Reid's Medgar And Myrlie * The New York War Crimes--Writers Against the War On Gaza * Open Country: Jack Clarke speaks with Glenda and Jesse Drew about their country music doc * Garland Nixon on HollywoodAv With Host Prairie Miller

It's part two of our coverage of The Exorcism and this week we are graced with the great Adam Goldberg. Along with his work in The Exorcism, Adam talks about the greatly missed, The Hebrew Hammer.

* Jennifer Esposito Talks Fresh Kills, females surviving the Mafia as both a sense of place and metaphor * Finding The Money-rethinking how the economy works * Jack Clarke reads Two Brothers and The Gold by Tolstoy * Garland Nixon, CynicAv With Host Prairie Miller

There are few actors out there with such a wide range and ability that allows audiences to see them in so many different lights. The good guy, the bad guy, the wing man, the loner, the neurotic, the strong willed...the list would go on forever if I listed all the options. One person with this quality is the great David Hyde Pierce. David appears in…

The 2024 Tribeca Film Festival may be wrapping up, but we still have some special discussions to share with everyone. The wonderful Lisa Edelstein joined us to discuss her Tribeca comedy, The Everything Pot. She also is discussing the classic 1978 version of Invasion of the Body Snatchers.

* C. Thomas Howell Talks Ride, and Playing Caspar Weinberger in Reagan * Finding The Money: Everything you knew about the way the US economy works is wrong * Caitlin Johnstone on Celebrities Boosting The Empire * Garland Nixon talks Google GatekeepersAv With Host Prairie Miller

It was a true honor to speak with the one and only Stephen Fry about his new film, Treasure, as well as the 1992 all-star breakthrough that is Peter's Friends. Stephen is someone who we can safely say everyone on earth is familiar with in one way or another, but he has always held a special place in our hearts; so it was such a thrill to talk about…

* Same Political Prisoners, Different Day: Director Philippe Diaz Talks I Am Gitmo, and Angola 1,2, & 3 * Bro On The Business Of TV - Increasing Quantity Meets Declining Quality * Garland Nixon on Movies, The Defense Department, and HollywoodAv With Host Prairie Miller

* Nick Stahl delves into his latest offbeat economic crisis cinema, political horror venture with What You Wish For, and Keep Quiet * Tribute to poet Connie Norgren * Bro on "The New Repression On College Campuses As The Return Of The Red Scare" * The Five Minute Marxist with Peter Wise * Garland Nixon on media lies…

As many of you know, both Mike and Matthew work for other outlets apart from Overdue Rentals. Today we are joined by Mike's boss, Managing editor of CinemaBlend, Sean O'Connell. Sean's new book about the career of Bruce Willis is hitting bookshelves on June 11th. While we discuss many of Bruce's work in our chat with Sean, we do focus on the Robert…

* Eric Bana Talks Force Of Nature, Hulk, and Berlin Nobody * Garland Nixon & Scott Ritter watch Nero Blinken Fiddle While Rome Burns: Culture and chaos on the world stage * Bro Talks With Historian Juan Cole - One More Just War, Or Just One More War?Av With Host Prairie Miller

We're just days away from the new season of The Great American Baking Show on Roku. While you will be able to watch the show starting Friday May 24th, you can also check out this week's Overdue Rental, Chocolat. We were honored to be joined by Bake Off/Baking Show judge Prue Leith to discuss the beloved show and both her personal connection and gen…

While we were pleased to have the one and only Paul Hollywood with us to talk about the upcoming new season of The Great American Baking Show on Roku, we're really covering all of the Bake Off/Baking Show talk before getting into Paul's Overdue Rental choice; 1997's Contact. Don't worry everyone, we spoke with Prue, too. Tune in next week for our t…

* Jane Seymour Talks Ruby's Choice, Harry Wild...and that casting couch * Taking Venice: How The US manipulated the 1964 Venice Biennale * Broe on his latest noir detective mystery, The House That Buff Built * Garland Nixon on whom Biden really representsAv With Host Prairie Miller

* Musician Lionel Cole on being inspired by his uncle Nat King Cole * George Galloway and Scott Ritter on The Passion of Protest * The White House Correspondents Dinner: Dissecting the gathering * Bro at Cannes and the Spring Global TV PreviewAv With Host Prairie Miller

* Nowhere Special: A Conversation With James Norton And Director Uberto Pasolini * Walled Off: Banksy's West Bank Hotel * Bro on live streaming genocide * Garland Nixon on endless war on two frontsAv With Host Prairie Miller